How teens are teaching each other about drugs
Rise Above Colorado, a nonprofit organization, is engaging teens in community initiatives to prevent substance use by promoting positive social norms and providing science-based facts. The organization surveyed kids ages 12 to 17 in 2024 and found that the majority choose to abstain from substance use.
In Colorado, nonprofits like Rise Above Colorado are teaching teens about substance use prevention through community initiatives and art projects. The organization's 2024 survey of 12- to 17-year-olds found that most youth abstain from substance use. Rise Above Colorado promotes positive social norms to debunk the myth that teen substance use is pervasive. The nonprofit also provides science-based facts to equip young people to become experts among their peers. State agencies lack resources to lead educational campaigns, so organizations like Rise Above Colorado are filling the gap. Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2014 and psychedelics in 2022, but currently lacks funding for related educational campaigns.
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